The Rise of the Third Reich

In the White House, there was hearty laughter in the Oval Office. This was a rare situation after the outbreak of the Pacific War.

In the minds of people working in the power centers of the United States of America, President Roosevelt's last happy period was in June 1942. At that time, the Soviet Union launched a war against Germany, and the progress was quite smooth. Americans once thought that the Germans would have a good life. It's over.

The people who visited the White House today and had a pleasant chat with President Roosevelt were from the Soviet Union, Comrade Litvinov, Deputy People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and Commander-in-Chief in the United States, and Comrade Bulganin, Political Commissar of the Allied Combined Fleet.

The purpose of the two Soviet comrades' visit to the White House was, first, to inform Japan of the Soviet Union's attempts to make peace with the United States; second, to ask for assistance; and third, to discuss cooperation in the Pacific War.

The results of the Panama Battle not only inspired the Americans, but also inspired the fighting spirit of the Soviet people who were in the most difficult years. The great leader in the Kremlin was also happy about this for many days, because Stalin also understood that this war was now a global war. The Pacific Battlefield and the Soviet-German Battlefield are two closely related battlefields and are two important components of the world's anti-fascist and anti-Nazi wars. No matter which battlefield the final victory is achieved, the result will be the victory of the world's anti-fascist and anti-Nazi camps - the only difference is the quality of the victory.

If the United States wins in the Pacific, the European fascist countries headed by Germany will face siege from all over the world and will eventually be contained, if not defeated.

If the Soviet Union wins in Eastern Europe, Japan will be doomed as well! How could Japan, with its little industry and little oil, compete with the two powers of the United States and the Soviet Union? A dead end!

Of course, the reverse is also true!

Whether it was the defeat of the Soviet Union or the complete defeat of the United States by Japan in the Pacific, the anti-fascist and anti-Nazi camps had lost the war.

Japan's testing of peace conditions shows that the era of Japan suppressing the Americans in the Pacific has really passed, and now the Americans are proud... Moreover, Kanji Ishihara completely miscalculated on the issue of peace negotiations between the United States and Japan. This talented staff officer did not understand Americans and thought that Americans were profit animals who only knew interests but had no ideals and political correctness.

In fact, Americans are not like this!

In the United States in the 1940s, political correctness meant being anti-G, anti-Nazi, and white supremacy—this was an America where all yellow people got out, black people stood aside, and the whiter the country, the more glorious it was!

From a certain perspective, the current United States and Germany, which is jointly governed by the Nazi Fatherland Party, are the same thing (Germany also has racial discrimination and has even expelled some Jews). No one can say that the other is racist.

Now that the United States supports Nazism and the war with the Nazis, in the eyes of the American elite, it is nothing more than letting two bad guys hurt each other. After the British mainland surrendered, Americans generally believed that there was no need to fight the Nazis for Nazism. As long as the Nazis were willing to retreat from South America, it would be fine to make peace with virtue. Of course, after the peace was made, the United States would still continue to support the Nazis. Fighting Nazis...

But it is impossible to let Japan go easily! The Japanese were so audacious that they brazenly attacked the United States and blew up the U.S. mainland with balloon bombs. This simply violated the tenets of U.S. imperialism. How could they do it without giving them a harsh lesson? I want the United States to let Japan go unless Japan can really kill and injure millions of Americans.

So what Hirschman pointed out to Japan was actually the only way to survive!

"Mr. President," Litvinov said with a smile, "the Japanese envoy said that Japan is willing to immediately return the Aleutian Islands and give up attacking Australia. At the same time, Japan and the United States will jointly ensure the independence of Hawaii. He also hopes that our country will acquiesce in Japan's solution to the Manchuria issue. "

"Hahaha," after listening to Litvinov's words, Roosevelt raised his big head and laughed, "There must be something wrong with the minds of these damn Japanese devils. They must be a group of people with abnormal brains. Otherwise, how could they possibly propose Such ridiculous peace conditions?”

"Yes, Mr. President, the Japanese conditions are very ridiculous and not feasible at all." Litvinov said with a smile, "But we cannot reject it immediately. This is determined by the current situation of the Soviet Union."

Now that the Soviet Far East Front is making large-scale westward transfers, the Far East Red Army is no longer enough to deter Japan from cutting off the North Pacific shipping lanes. In this case, it is obviously extremely beneficial for the Soviet Union to act as a peace bridge between Japan and the United States. In this way, Japan will not only not interrupt the Soviet lifeline in the North Pacific, but it may also prevent the European Far East Fleet from finding trouble with those "Soviet freighters."

"I understand, I understand." Roosevelt nodded frequently, "I will send a special envoy to Moscow to meet with the Japanese envoy there... We are allies, so naturally we have to cooperate with you. But the Japanese will not be deceived for long. Yes, because we will launch a counterattack in the Pacific soon!"

"Soon?" Litvinov asked, "Didn't the Japanese destroy the locks of the Panama Canal?"

"Repairing the locks of the Panama Canal is just a small problem and cannot be difficult for us at all." President Roosevelt smoked Camel cigarettes with an indifferent smile on his face. "The Japanese underestimate our repair capabilities. They don't understand the United States at all." How powerful industry is! These fools think it will take us 6-10 months to build a few large iron gates. This is so stupid. It doesn’t take us that long to build an aircraft carrier.”

"How long will it take for the United States to repair the canal locks?" Litvinov immediately asked.

"3 months, at most 3 months." Roosevelt smiled and said, "The locks are two-way, so we don't need to repair all the locks. We only need to repair 2 of them, and the canal can resume navigation... But They are just four large iron doors 20 meters wide, 2 meters thick, and 14-25 meters high. They can be made quickly.

Moreover, the Panama Canal Company has many construction machinery and a specialized engineering team. The project of repairing the locks and installing the gates started on March 18. "

6-10 months is estimated by German and Japanese engineering experts based on their own experience. The Germans believe that it will take at least 10 months for them to seriously repair the Panama Canal locks. The Japanese felt that their workers could work day and night without sleeping for His Majesty the Emperor, so they could completely repair the canal locks in 6 months.

However, at this time, Americans were still very capable in infrastructure construction, and only China in later generations could surpass it. Therefore, the Germans needed 10 months, the Japanese needed 6 months, and the Americans could only do so-so work in 3 months. It’s fixed – if future generations of Chinese migrant workers are allowed to do the work, as long as the US dollars are in place, the work will be completed in February.

So both the Germans and the Japanese miscalculated regarding the Panama Canal.

"Repairs will begin on March 18. In other words, can you move the fleet to the Pacific in June?" Bulganin asked with interest.

Stalin has decided that once the Arctic Ocean thaws to the extent that it can be navigable, the Soviet Atlantic Fleet will sail to the Pacific to maintain the Soviet Union's North Pacific lifeline, and at the same time be used to fight Japan at the appropriate time!

Therefore, Comrade Bulganin will soon be the political commissar of the Soviet Pacific Fleet.

"No problem." Roosevelt replied with a smile, "In July... August at the latest, we will launch the Aleutian Islands Operation. The purpose of this battle is to ensure the safety of the aid route to the Soviet Union, so the Japanese will not be deceived. Too long, and they will soon find themselves in trouble.

In addition, we hope that your Pacific Fleet can participate in the Aleutian Islands operations. "

Roosevelt was using aid to the Soviet Union as a cover to deceive the Soviet Union into going to war with Japan! He has set his sights on 4 Soviet-class battleships and 2 Kronstadt-class battlecruisers. Now the United States has no shortage of aircraft carriers, but there are only two new battleships available, the Iowa and the USS Washington. It is estimated that these three super battleships cannot defeat Japan's two Yamatos. If four Soviet ships are included, then the problem will not be big.

"Mr. President," Bulganin frowned and asked after hearing Litvinov translate Roosevelt's words, "are you officially requesting the Soviet Union to participate in the Pacific War?"

"Yes." Without the need for a translator, Roosevelt also knew what Bulganin's problem was. He took a puff of cigarette and said to Bulganin seriously, "The Battle of the Aleutian Islands in August at the latest will be a decisive battle." In the naval battle, we will dispatch 20 aircraft carriers and 1,000 high-performance fighter planes... If you can also provide 4 Soviet-class ships and 2 Kronstadt-class ships, then the Aleutian Battle is likely to become the decisive battle of the Imperial Japanese Navy. end!

Japanese imperialism without a navy is like a tiger without teeth and claws, and what awaits it is complete destruction! "

"But Japan has also deployed heavy troops in Korea and Manchuria," Bulganin said, "there are 30 mechanized infantry divisions with more than 20,000 men!"

"Don't you have 1 million troops in your Far East Front?" Roosevelt said with a smile. "Are you still afraid of 600,000 Japanese troops? And you also have Chinese comrades. They have so many people, so don't you want to take advantage of them?"

After listening to Litvinov's translation, Bulganin was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly and said: "Mr. President, our Western Front battlefield is facing a huge crisis... The Germans are very likely to launch an attack on Moscow after the mud season. and the powerful offensive in Leningrad. These two battles are related to the life and death of our country. It is very difficult for us to go to war with Japan at this time."

President Roosevelt smiled, looked at Bulganin and Litvinov and said: "I fully understand your situation, so we will support you as much as possible... Tell me, comrades, what do you need?"